whisper是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to speak very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you -- 小聲說話；低語；耳語

  • She leaned over and whispered something in his ear. 她俯身對他耳語了些甚麼。

  • What are you two girls whispering about? 你們兩個女孩子在竊竊私語些甚麼？

  • [ + speech ] "Where are the toilets?" she whispered. 「洗手間在哪裡？」她低聲問道。

  • It's rude to whisper! 竊竊私語是不禮貌的！

• 1 to suggest privately that something might be true -- 私下裡說；傳聞

  • People are whispering that she's going to retire next year. 人們私下裡說她明年要退休了。

• 2 a way of speaking very quietly, using the breath but not the voice, so that only the person close to you can hear you -- 小聲說話；低語；耳語

  • I heard whispers outside my room. 我聽見有人在我房間外竊竊私語。

  • She said it in a whisper so I presumed it wasn't common knowledge. "You see," she said, lowering her voice to a whisper, "he hasn't been well recently." 她說這件事時聲音很小，所以我推斷並不是人人都知道。「你知道，」她說著就把聲音壓得很低，「他最近身體一直不太好。」

  • The silence was broken only by the whisper of the leaves in the gentle breeze. 這片寂靜被微風吹拂樹葉的沙沙聲打破了。

• 3 a suggestion or piece of information that you hear privately from someone -- 傳聞；私下的議論

  • I've heard a whisper that they're heading for divorce. 我聽人們私下裡說他們要離婚。